Recreational boat construction

Abstract

The invention provides a fiberglass recreational boat comprising a hull piece having a cockpit with a floor, a deck piece having an integral aft seat with the aft seat being arcuately shaped, and a gunwale. The hull piece and the deck piece are mated at the gunwale with the aft seat being suspended above the cockpit floor.

I claim: 
     
       1. A fiberglass recreational boat comprising a hull piece having a port side wall having a top edge, a starboard side wall having top edge, a bottom wall having an outer running surface and an inner surface, and a cockpit floor spaced above said bottom wall inner surface and having a top surface, and a deck piece having an outer edge supportingly engaged by said hull piece, port and starboard side wall top edges, a port inner wall joined to said port side wall top edge, a starboard inner wall joined to said starboard side wall top edge, an arcuate seat joined to said port deck inner wall and said starboard deck inner wall, supported above said cockpit floor top surface solely by said engagement of said outer edge of said deck piece with said port and starboard side wall top edges of said hull piece, and including a substantially vertical back wall and a substantially horizontal lower ledge, a port raised horizontal portion behind said seat, a starboard raised horizontal portion behind said seat, an outboard motor well behind said seat, a port aft swim platform aft of said seat and beside said motor well, and a starboard aft swim platform aft of said seat and beside said motor well. 
     
     
       2. The boat of claim 1 wherein said deck piece also includes a central diagonal deck portion aft of said seat and forward of said motor well. 
     
     
       3. A fiberglass recreational boat comprising a hull piece having a port side wall with a top edge, and a starboard side wall with a top edge, and a one-piece deck having a port outer side wall having a bottom edge supportingly engaged with said top edge of said port side wall of said hull piece, a starboard outer side wall having a bottom edge supportingly engaged with said top edge of said starboard side wall of said hull piece, a port raised horizontal deck, a starboard raised horizontal deck, an integral seat supported in spaced relation from said hull piece solely the engagement of said port and starboard bottom edges of said deck on said top edges of said port and starboard side walls of said hull piece and including a substantially vertical seat back portion, a substantially horizontal lower seat ledge and, a short depending front lip, and a lower horizontal swim platform. 
     
     
       4. The boat of claim 3 wherein said deck piece has a centerline, and wherein said swim platform has an aft edge transverse to said centerline of the boat. 
     
     
       5. The boat of claim 3 wherein said deck piece also includes an aft outer wall and wherein said aft outer wall also comprises an outboard motor well. 
     
     
       6. The boat of claim 5 wherein said outboard motor well has a substantially horizontal bottom wall and forward, port and starboard vertical walls. 
     
     
       7. A fiberglass recreational boat comprising a hull piece having a cockpit with a floor, and a deck piece solely supported by said hull piece at a gunwale and including a seat suspended above said cockpit floor and being otherwise free of support from said hull piece, an outboard motor well behind said seat, a port aft swim platform aft of said seat and beside said motor well, and a starboard aft swim platform aft of said seat and beside said motor well. 
     
     
       8. The boat of claim 7 wherein said seat comprises a substantially vertical back wall and a substantially horizontal lower ledge. 
     
     
       9. The boat of claim 8 wherein said deck piece also comprises an aft port raised horizontal portion behind said seat and an aft starboard raised horizontal portion behind said seat. 
     
     
       10. The boat of claim 9 wherein said deck piece also includes a central diagonal deck portion aft of said seat and forward of said motor well. 
     
     
       11. The boat of claim 8 wherein said seat back wall and said seat ledge are arcuately shaped. 
     
     
       12. A fiberglass recreational boat comprising a hull piece having a port side wall having a top edge,   a starboard side wall having a top edge, and a deck piece having   an outer edge supportingly engaged by said hull piece port and starboard side wall top edges,   a seat joined to said outer edge,   a port raised horizontal portion behind said seat,   a starboard raised horizontal portion behind said seat,   an outboard motor well behind said seat,   a port aft swim platform aft of said seat and beside said motor well, and   a starboard aft swim platform aft of said seat and beside said motor well.   
     
     
       13. A boat in accordance with claim 12 wherein said deck piece also includes port and starboard side wall top edges extending from said outer edge,   a port inner wall joined to said port side wall top edge, and   a starboard inner wall joined to said starboard side wall top edge.   
     
     
       14. The boat of claim 13 wherein said seat has an arcuate shape between said port inner wall and said starboard inner wall. 
     
     
       15. The boat of claim 14 wherein said seat comprises a substantially vertical back wall and a substantially horizontal lower ledge. 
     
     
       16. The boat of claim 15 wherein said deck port inner wall has an aft end and said deck starboard inner wall has an aft end and said aft seat back wall has a port side outer edge and a starboard side outer edge and said port inner wall aft end joins with said seat back port outer edge and said starboard inner wall aft end joins with said seat back starboard outer edge. 
     
     
       17. The boat of claim 15 wherein said seat lower ledge also comprises a forward end, and a short vertical wall depending from said forward end. 
     
     
       18. The boat of claim 17 wherein said short vertical wall has a port end and a starboard end and said port end joins with said deck port inner wall and said starboard end joins with said starboard inner wall. 
     
     
       19. The boat of claim 15 wherein said deck piece also comprises a port raised horizontal portion behind said seat and   a starboard horizontal portion behind said seat.   
     
     
       20. The boat of claim 19 wherein said deck piece also includes an outboard motor well behind said aft seat.